This week, the Hot Mess Help Desk brings in a special guest — Jeff Chestnut, our campus Fitness Center Director — to talk about movement as a tool for mental health. We break down gym myths and talk about starting small. Whether you love the gym, fear the gym, or avoid the gym at all costs, this episode gives you practical, shame-free ways to reconnect with your body.

Takeaway: Movement isn’t about doing more — it’s about feeling grounded, regulated, and cared for.

Hot Mess Help Desk is back for Season 2. College stress, mental health, fitness, safety, careers, and everything in between—we’ve got something for everybody. With a guest every episode, two counselor hosts break down the chaos, bust myths, and normalize the spiral with humor, honesty, and real coping skills. New episodes every other week. Same mess, better tools.

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Happy Coping

In this season finale of Hot Mess Help Desk, your campus counselors look back at the biggest themes of the semester — what worked, what didn’t, and what we’re all still figuring out. They’ll unpack lessons on balance, boundaries, burnout, and why “doing your best” sometimes just means showing up in sweatpants.

Whether you crushed it, crawled through it, or landed somewhere in the middle, this episode is your reminder that surviving is thriving, and every messy moment still counts as progress.

Takeaway: You made it through. Celebrate the wins, learn from the chaos, and remember — growth doesn’t have to look perfect to be real.